Final: 6-7-2015
ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD
(Department of Computer Science)
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Course: Programming Language-I (3407)
Level: BS (CS)
Total Marks: 100
Semester: Autumn 2015
Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Unit 1–4)
Note: All questions are compulsory. Each question carries equal marks
Q. 1 a)
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Q. 2 a)
b)
Q. 3 a)
b)
What is the object-oriented approach? What are the main characteristics of
object-oriented languages?
(10)
Write down the advantages of object oriented programming language. (10)
Use for loops to construct a program that displays a diamond shape of
asterisks (+) on the screen. The diamond should look like shown here, except
that is should be 9 lines high, instead of 5 lines. One way to do this is to nest
two inner loops, one to print spaces and one to print asterisks (+), inside an
outer loop that steps down the screen from line to line.
(10)
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Explain the following terms: Inheritance, Polymorphism and Overloading
with the help of proper examples.
(10)
Write a function that takes three Distance value as arguments and returns the
smallest one. Include a main ( ) program that accepts three Distance values
from the user, compares them and displays the smaller.
(10)
What is the principle reason for passing arguments to a function by
reference? In what unusual place can you use a function call when a function
returns a value by reference?
(10)
Q. 4 Write a program that reads a group of numbers from the user and places them in an
array of type float. Once the numbers are stored in the array, the program should
calculate the average of the input numbers, find the smallest and the largest number
from the group of input numbers and print the result for all calculations. Use
pointer notation wherever possible.
(20)
Q. 5 Write notes on the following topics:
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Pointers
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Reusability
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Constructors
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Virtual Functions
(20)
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ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Unit 5–8)
Total Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 50
Note: All questions are compulsory. Each question carries equal marks
Q. 1 a)
Compare the three access specifiers; Public, Private and Protected. What are
the major advantages and disadvantages of these access specifiers?
(10)
b)
Explain the following term multiple inheritance with the help of at least two
different examples.
(10)
Q. 2 a)
b)
What is meant by Operator Overloading? Explain it in detail with the help of
suitable examples.
(10)
What are the major differences between Friend Functions & Static
Functions? Explain them in detail.
(10)
Q. 3 In a loop, prompt the user to enter name data consisting of a first name, middle
initial, last name and employee number (type unsigned long). Then, using
formatted I/O with the insertion (<<) operator, write these four data items to an
ofstream object. Don’t forget that strings must be terminated with a space or other
whitespace character. When the user indicates that no more name data will be
entered, close the of stream object, open an ifstream object, read and display all the
data in the file and terminate the program.
(20)
Q. 4 a)
b)
What is meant by throwing an exception? What is the sequence of events
when an exception occurs?
(10)
Write a template function that returns the average of all the elements of an
array. The arguments to the function should be the array name and the size of
the array (type int). In main ( ), exercise the function with arrays of type int,
long, double and char.
(10)
Q. 5 Write notes on the following topics:
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Error Handling
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Exception Syntax
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Virtual Destructors
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Command Line Arguments
(05)
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3407 Programming Language-I
Credit Hours: 4 (3 + 1)
Recommended Book:
The Wait Group’s Object Oriented Programming in C++ 3rd Edition by Robert Lafore
Course Outlines:
Unit No.1 Introduction
History of C++, Comparison of C and C++, C++ Compilers, Program Structure,
Basic Input and Output Statements, Programming Exercise
Unit No.2 Object Oriented Programming Concepts
Object Oriented Approach, Objects and Classes, Characteristics of OO
Languages (Inheritance, Polymorphism, Reusability, Overloading), Advantages
of OOP, Programming Exercise
Unit No.3 Classes and Objects
Class definition, Class Objects, Constructors, Default Copy Constructor, Objects
as Function Arguments, Functions returning Objects, Programming Exercise
Unit No.4 Arrays, Pointers and Functions
Static Memory Allocation using Arrays, Dynamic Memory Allocation and DeAllocation using Pointers, Functions returning Pointers, Function call using
Pointers, Passing Pointer as a function parameter, Function overloading, Inline
Functions, Programming Exercise
Unit No.5 Inheritance
Derived and Base Classes, Derived Class Constructors, Overriding Member
Functions, Class Hierarchies, Public, Protected & Private Inheritance, Levels of
Inheritance, Multiple Inheritance, Programming Exercise
Unit No.6 Files and Streams
Streams, String I/O, Character I/O, Object I/O, I/O With Multiple Objects, File
Pointers, Disk I/O With Member Functions, Error Handling, Redirection of Input
and Output, Command Line Arguments, Printer Output, Programming Exercise
Unit No.7 Operator Overloading & Virtual Functions
Operator Overloading (Unary Operators, Binary Operators, Data Conversion),
Virtual Functions, Late binding, Abstract Classes and Pure Virtual Functions,
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Virtual Destructors, Virtual Base Classes, Friend Function, Static Functions,
Programming Exercise
Unit No.8 Templates and Exceptions Handling
Function Templates, Class templates, Exceptions syntax, Simple and Multiple
Exceptions, Exceptions with arguments, Programming Exercise
Unit No.9 Visual C++ Overview
Introducing Windows Programming, Console Applications, Integrated Development
Environment (The Editor, Compiler, The Linker, The Libraries, App Wizard, Class
Wizard, Wizard Bar), Documentation, Projects and Workspaces, Defining a Project,
Debug and Release versions, Introduction to MFC, Structure of an MFC program,
Creating and Executing a Windows Program, Programming Exercise
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